Cyber Incidents Are Not Just Technical Problems. They're Business Problems.
- caroline reeve
- Apr 9
- 1 min read
๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ-๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต: 25 ๐ฆ๐น๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต ๐ข ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ด๐ช๐ฎ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
"We would just shut down the network," the CIO said.
"When would the finance and human resources teams be notified and brought in?" the CFO asked. "I need to ensure we have enough cash on hand to sustain operations and payroll before the network goes down.โ
Silence.
This was a multi-billion-dollar enterprise, and no one had considered how a network shutdown would affect financial operations. Their incident response planning had taken place at a technical level and failed to account for the business as a whole, including finance, human resources, and operations. Unfortunately, many organizations do not discover these gaps in planning until they are attacked.ย
Cyber incidents are not just technical problemsโthey are business problems. Executive tabletop exercises bring together key leaders from across the business โ including the CEO, CFO, CIO, CTO, CISO, GC, CHRO, and others โ to stress-test response plans, uncover blind spots, and ensure alignment before a real crisis occurs.ย
When the pressure is on, having a plan everyone has practiced matters.

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